Bootstrap: A Glance at the Method That Revolutionized Statistics Mr. Marco Vaassen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Using an impressively simple idea, Bradley Efron, in 1979, gave statisticians a powerful framework for estimating properties of an... Read More
An Exploration into the 4 Color Theorem Mr. John Byrum University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will explore the 4 color theorem. We will see how to prove less strong claims.”
Probabilistic Methods in Geometry Mr. Praydeep Parija University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Parallel Straight Lines are drawn on the plane, at a distance d from each other. A needle of length L is dropped at random... Read More
The Screensaver Problem Mr. Preston Walker University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Consider a screensaver where a logo is bouncing off the sides of the screen. We will talk about a problem related to this and discuss... Read More
A Brief Introduction of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck Model for Biological Ion Channels Mr. Zhen Chao University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Fellow “Ion channels are a class of proteins with holes down their middle that provide pathways for the movement... Read More
Fibonacci, Tribonaci, ... , Gibonacci Mr. Mark Carthon III University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee MS Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “Everyone knows what the Fibonacci sequence is, but have you heard of the Tribonacci sequence? It turns out that the concept of... Read More
Foster-Lyapunov Type Criterion for Non-Explosive Markov Processes Mr. Khwanchai Kunwai University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student “Given a continuous-time Markov process, we will define the infinitesimal generator of the process. This generator determines the behavior of the process itself. To... Read More
Drawing Category Theory (For Those Who Know Nothing About It) Mr. Ashani Dasgupta University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student - Teaching Assistant “We will draw easy pictures to understand fancy words such as “direct limit”, “inverse limit”, “Hom functor”. We... Read More
Discrete Dynamical Systems Mr. John Jurkiewicz University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will discuss discrete-time dynamical systems, giving definitions and some examples. We will culminate by stating without proof Sarkovsky’s Theorem on the periodicity of points... Read More
Visualizing the Gromov Boundary Mr. Daniel Gulbrandsen University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee PhD Graduate Student – Teaching Assistant “We will begin with some background of geometric group theory, including notions of quasi-isometry and delta-hyperbolicity. Then, we will define the Gromov boundary and... Read More
